# If I Have Seen Further It Is by Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by Isaac Newton > "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." > **— Isaac Newton**, *1675, Letter to Robert Hooke* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Letter to Robert Hooke, 1675. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Letter to Robert Hooke](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Isaac Newton|Isaac Newton]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." — Isaac Newton, 1675, Letter to Robert Hooke https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-isaac-newton-seen-further-standing-shoulders-giants ```